hard drive swapped letters...............

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i have an external hd. i've had it for a week or so. all works fine. when i
first hooked it up it showed as local disk (F:). i moved my pc today and when
i started it the ehd now shows as local disc (G:). it works fine, but all my
music is there and when i try to play it in musicmatch or wmp i get a broken
link message because i imported it all from the hd when it was (F:) instead
of (G:). i tried it hooked to all the usb ports and get the same. how did
this happen and how can i get it back to (F:) ? thanks.

raymond
 
Is anything else using F: now? If yes, you will need to set that drive to a higher
unused letter first and the change the G: drive to F:.

Right click on MyComputer.
Click on Manage in the popup menu.
Maximize the Computer Management window.
Click on Disk Management.
Right click the drive you want to change the letter for.
Click "Change drive letters and paths.." in the popup menu.
Click Change.
Make sure "Assign the following drive letter" is selected.
Select a new drive letter to use from the dropdown menu.
Click Ok > Ok.
When changing drive letters is complete, close out of Computer Management.

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Brian

Why a "higher" letter? Won't any available letter do?

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Gerry
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Sure will if one is available. Since the OP mentioned F: changing to G: I tend to
look at it as the OP has other devices installed, such as another HD and/or DVD/CD.
Also if only one HD is installed, which although not mentioned, may be partitioned
aside from a DVD/CD installed. Both scenarios could mean C:, D: and E: are used. So
as to not get into a q&a tug of war, it's easier to simply suggest using a higher
letter for swapping/flip-flopping/juggling letters around.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
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